01/01-01/03. Italo-Japanese New Year's buffet at the Westin.
December 26, 2005Lots of Tokyo restaurants may be closed for the holidays, but the Westin's Terrace restaurant will be in full swing, serving a cross-cultural New Year's buffet with unusual takes on traditional osechi-ryori...
01/18-01/22. Al Sorriso chef at the New Otani.
December 26, 2005The highly talented chef Luisa Valazza from the Michelin 3-star restaurant Al Sorriso, overlooking Lake d'Orta in the northern Piedmont region, will be taking over the kitchen of the New Otani's Belle...
01/22, 10:30am. French cooking lesson at the Hilton.
December 26, 2005Chef Andre Bosia of the Hilton's French restaurant Twenty-One will be holding a series of informal lunchtime cooking demonstrations at the restaurant....
01/27-01/28. Opus One and Kobe beef dinner at the Royal Park.
December 26, 2005Sumida, the teppanyaki restaurant on the 20th floor of the Royal Park Hotel, will be holding a rather luxurious Kobe beef and wine dinner, featuring sirloin and filet steaks, sauteed tilefish and seasonal...
02/15-02/19. Chef Alfonso Iaccarino from Don Alfonso 1890.
December 26, 2005The chef from the Michelin two-star restaurant Don Alfonso 1890 in Salerno, in southern Italy, will be on hand at the New Otani's Belle Vue restaurant for a five-day visit....
02/26, 2-7pm. Fourth Annual Tokyo Real Ale Festival.
December 26, 2005The real-ale movement is starting to take off in Japan, with well over a dozen top microbreweries offering some very solid product, although it can be hard to find around town....
New - Daidaiya: Ikebukuro
December 26, 2005Daidaiya serves up innovative fusion cuisine drawing on Korean, other Asian and Italian influences - their "modern" sushi variations are especially interesting....